Shehbaz Sharif's China visit & how Chinese investments are bleeding Pakistan dry

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Shehbaz Sharif's China visit & how Chinese investments are bleeding Pakistan dry

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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is in Pakistan, seeking more investments to help his country’s devastated economy. The much-touted China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, though, is turning out to be a millstone around Pakistan’s neck, with debt repayments mounting and returns proving elusive. Easy money, it turns out, isn’t
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@omnicurious2949 2 ай бұрын

The total money India invested in Chabahar and Sitwe ports and associated roads is a pittance when compared to Pakistan's CPEC project. Clubbing the disastrous CPEC with very cautious and judicious investment in Chabahar and Sitwe is unnecessary

@mansuyadav3709 2 ай бұрын

it's not about just pakistan counter, it's about having an alternate for both west n eastern part of the country.

@user-dg8fv8bh2z 2 ай бұрын

Praveen needs to be a little more self aware as do the cameramen. Watching the sticky saliva build up at the corners of his dry mouth was disgusting. Please can someone hand him a glass of water to prevent dry mouth.

@jiwanjotsinghdhanda7951 2 ай бұрын

Always to the point.....always well researched

@SanjayKumar-fc2qg 2 ай бұрын

Excellent analysis. The commentator has nailed it perfectly. CPEC is a mirage.

@bestofsatish 2 ай бұрын

Pakistan has $130bn in overseas debt. Interest payments is now over $10bn/year. Also Pakistan needs $20bn each year to fund the current account deficit. Also Pakistan to pay $10bn Principal repayment. They need $40bn. Thats why sharif is going all over the world so that he could get some money. Once they get the money, they will spend the money on imports and again comeback with begging bowl. IMF is not foolish to give them money which will never be paid back

@dineshpratapupadhyay6583 2 ай бұрын

Could it be possible that they would start printing fake dollars to repay?

@tlp8669 2 ай бұрын

Correct

@ZainAli-yz3yo 2 ай бұрын

Indeed Pakistan is in a debt trap and it's horrifying! # Phatichar Pakistan!

@kallachi729 2 ай бұрын

Hats off Swamy….Hope Pakistani people are listening to this

@Pyasa.shaitan 2 ай бұрын

Punjabi’s are always too drunk to listen.

@anwarshahid1 2 ай бұрын

Sure we are and hopefully you listened to the last part ...any difference?

@anwarshahid1 2 ай бұрын

Well analyzed

@kallachi729 2 ай бұрын

@@anwarshahid1 it is not about one up man ship Anwar Bhai, 1. What is committed in the Iranian port is less than 2% spent on the road belt 2. Similarly what is being invested thin SE Asia is what we can afford… if either fails India will will not fail. We want a vibrant and thriving Pak as our neighbor… have no doubts about it. Stay well..

@warnpassion Ай бұрын

@@Pyasa.shaitan *too arrogant and pompous

@aaryawn 2 ай бұрын

How well prepared and clear explanation. It's like you are helping me read research, news, reality or a far away place of which I could never have an idea about.

@dineshpratapupadhyay6583 2 ай бұрын

Excellent analysis and presentation by Mr Swami. Kudos. Please keep up the good work. Regards.

@FinestaGang 2 ай бұрын

So gracious of Srilanka and Pakistan to pay for chinese wartime naval ports

@PaulSmith-gb9ks 2 ай бұрын

Excellent and brilliant video log which is unbiased and very informative. Well done Mr Sawami!

@user-kc3hx3th3e 2 ай бұрын

When will people finally understand?! Have Pakistan reunite with India. Pakistan is essentially East Germany. India could also benefit from reunification. And please spare me the usual comments: Pakistanis and Indians are the same people. Have Punjab and Kashmir reunite each, include Sindh into the Union, have Balochistan be independent and have Waziristan and Kyber Pass be part of Afghanistan! East Germany went bankrupt, that is why it dissolved. Please understand the value of Reunification!

@siddhanti 2 ай бұрын

Swamy, you write superbly analytical articles, but the same can't be read over a video. Script for videos/vlogs are different, they are more direct, and simple, and the copy is crisp and short. Please change your style of writing scripts for the screen if you want to continue vlogging.

@ZainAli-yz3yo 2 ай бұрын

The Gargantuan Chinese Debt is indeed a major headache for the Pakistan Govt to deal with!, #The Exporer Print

@vijaysekhri4352 2 ай бұрын

Why would China or any other country want to give help to another nation where it does not see any benefit for itself? Simple, see the mirror.

@jaydeepgadhavi5465 2 ай бұрын

At 20:05, the IMF asked specifically for a letter for restructuring from the creditors of Srilanka. Has it put the same condition on Pakistan? How much substance do the theories like while IK was alluding to the foreign hand of US in his ouster, it was the Chinese who weren't exactly happy with him because of his slightly tough stance on CPEC carry ?

@veteran4226 2 ай бұрын

The difference between investing judiciously and putting all your eggs in a single basket...

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

Baloch are poor because daughters of Punjab and Sindh are not being sold in the bazaars of Quetta .

@babahanuman83 2 ай бұрын

Up to 10 percent of GDP debt to China is very little. The same countries have between 5 to 10 times more debt towards IMF, Worldbanc + other international lenders.

@exerjiexerji 2 ай бұрын

Some visuals - e.g map showing CPEC areas, screenshots etc would help connect more

@abduljivani5802 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Don’t worry about Pakistan and worry about poor people in India

@highplatform1649 2 ай бұрын

Ok buddy

@sanjivpatil582 2 ай бұрын

Excellent detailed explanation. Thank you

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

There is no such thing as "Balochistan" it is historical Sindhi land.

@kpala64 2 ай бұрын

Let’s worry about 2000 km of Indian land under Chinese flag. 😂😂😂

@BilluBadshah-kh1gd 2 ай бұрын

This Was the Day When 😮 All Pakistani Elite ( Army & Politician ) Got There Bank Credited By Millions of Dollar ❤ ❤

@ptrakoo5363 2 ай бұрын

Pakistan is going to become the Richest Country in the Area due to the investment of China in CPEC. There are going to be lots of jobs for Pakistan due to this large investment. China loves Pakistan and will invest about another 50-100 billions dollars in the CPEC project, after the PM visit. This is going to take Pakistan Economically over the tops. Pakistan is great!

@keeya_ks 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@surendrabarsode8959 2 ай бұрын

Detailed expose of the CPEC realities!! Thanks Pravin. Chinese look at Gwadar port as strategic investment and the rest of the investment in CPEC will be written off eventually. It does not matter much as long as Pakistan is doing the Chinese bidding against India. In fact, China will unofficially be leased entire Gilgit Baltistan area in return for this write off. Let us see how it shapes up in future.

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

Gilgit is Chinese territory

@surendrabarsode8959 2 ай бұрын

@@sleepyjoe7518 if wishes were horses....

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

@@surendrabarsode8959 Major General William Alexander Morgan annexed it in 1880's and the Mir of Gilgit was forced to flee to the court of Chinese Emperor, where he obtained political asylum.

@surendrabarsode8959 2 ай бұрын

@@sleepyjoe7518 Why Chinese never claimed it ? Why the Chinese settled for just Shaksgam Valley and signed the border deal with Pakistan? !! Rahul runs away to Italy every time he is defeated here but that does not mean India is Italian colony!!!

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

@@surendrabarsode8959 a)Chinese gave compensation to Pakistan for withdrawing their claim. b) China is an "inner" empire. It does not want other "ethnics" living under its administration and thus demanding share in jobs. c) Chinese also know that Islamic values are incompatible with Chinese governance. Thus, better to let Pakistan do "chowkidari" for them.

@thomashunter5645 2 ай бұрын

CPEC is a great success. Gwadar has grown into a major port rivaling Dubai. Chinese engineers are safe in Pakistan and loved by Baloch people. CPEC is minting money, and Pakistan is the best democracy in the world. This is all due to the honest and noncorrupt leadership of Pakistani politicians and the establishment. Long live the great leader Xi Jinping. 😂😂😂

@tlp8669 2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@kpala64 2 ай бұрын

He can read good. 😂😂😂

@indermohansinghmalhotra3730 2 ай бұрын

The podcasts are slightly improved on their volume & are somewhat audible; not enough! 😊

@VijaiVirSinghNair 2 ай бұрын

Well done sir.

@srinivasangkailasam8952 2 ай бұрын

Chinese were, I feel, aware of the risks in investing in Pakistan. Maybe the Chinese look to use Gwadar Port as a base ! Maybe they could use Gwadar for energy transportation to Xijiang .!

@user-zk7dg9zi3s 2 ай бұрын

They always want to use gwadar as a defense base

@kunti_putra 2 ай бұрын

Unlike the USA, China has never helped any country to prosper, and why would it? An economically prosperous Pakistan doesn't bode well for China's middle kingdom dreams. A financially strong Pakistan won't be obedient to China and would deal more freely with other countries, some of whom may not be friends of China, and China understands it very well. China will keep Pakistan on ventilator, just enough support to keep the country alive but not enough for it to thrive.

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

When has USA ever helped any country? All countries are their worst enemies

@salmarana1016 2 ай бұрын

سوامی سر اپ کے کرن تھاپڑ کا انٹرویو دیکھا ایک ایجنسی کا ریٹائر افیسر ان نے کہا کہ انڈیا کے لئے شریف زرداری اچھے ھیں نسبت عمران خان صاحب کے کیوں کہ یہ کوئ چوںچراں نھی کرتے مگر عمران سوال کرتا ھے اور پاکستان کی بھلائ کے لئے کام کرتا ھے تو اپ ھی بتائیں انڈیا تو چاہتا ھے پاکستان بھکاری رھے اور کبھی ترقی نا کرے ھوپ ھے اپ سہمت ھونگے 6:31 اگر میں کہوں مودی اچھا نھی 🤔 پاکستان کے لئے اپ کیسا فیل کریں گے جواب ضرور دیں پلیز 🙏 8:29

@sleepyjoe7518 2 ай бұрын

The Baloch are Syrian migrants.

@edwardyip467 2 ай бұрын

Good job India to stir more argument between them..😅😅

@nksharma2729 2 ай бұрын

It was heard that Pakistan is selling Gwadar port to Saudi Arabia. Could China also seek it's right over Gwadar port if Pakistan is unable to repay Chinese debt. In this scenario will Pakistan lose its Gwadar territory to China.

@prasadv 2 ай бұрын

Very nice presentation. I would like you do a similar one on GOI’s investments in the State of Uttar Pradesh - the State’s debt burden, who really benefited from the massive infrastructure investments in the state, whether the people of the state reaped any benefits at all, whether proper commercial evaluation was done for these investments. I think that we should introspect first before looking out at others!!

@Callingnone 2 ай бұрын

True. UP and Bihar are the inner Pakistan of our nation pulling the average of entire country development metrics down in every reading. One of the main reason south is super p1$$ed about the BJP government was having them take money from progressive south and invest in these illiterate and backward areas that don’t have skills or IQ to develop themselves no matter what help you provide them. Sometimes I wonder if we are better off to split up as one nation and become a union of independent states as countries and issue limited freedom of movement between people and capital within the country. A common military and currency regime can be instituted but everything else should be separated. We are too different culturally and language to work as one nation economically.

@psquare2260 2 ай бұрын

Good video.

@PaulSmith-gb9ks 2 ай бұрын

I am amazed while listening your video log that Pakistan is going to disappear from world map because of its bad economy where more than 40% youth are unemployed, inflation is more than 40%, Pakistan Army Generals, Pakistan civil military bureaucrats, district management groups, rich criminals crook corrupt politicians, public servants, businessmen, land mafias and ordinary small businesses are looting the country, never pay their required taxes, no one do their jobs, majority of unemployed people are building 2-3 crorers houses and everyone is driving Asian, Chinese and European cars. More than 1 millions of Pakistani are sending around 32-39 billion of US dollars every year and our criminal corrupt and crook politicians and their children are enjoying their lives on Pakistani taxpayers and look Mariam NAWAZ has 40,000 US Dollars hand bags and for normal check up go to London, which shows Pakistan is doing excellent as compared to India from where millions of people leaving India every year to European and western countries like UK, Australia, Canada, Middle East, African and Eastern European countries with wealth of degrees, diplomas and years of work experience and if India is doing so good, why these millions of Indians are leaving India sir?

@prateekdeoli1552 2 ай бұрын

Why are we, Indian media, helping with there research?? f'em only make relevant reports? that could help us not them, it's for official of govt to know!!

@cmramakrishnan9570 2 ай бұрын

👍

@jaishree427 2 ай бұрын

Pakistan going from the fryingpan to the fire.Hasnt learnt anything yet.Thanks Mr.Swami.😊

@ashsharma3169 2 ай бұрын

Memo to Pak.: with friends like China, you don’t need enemies.

@Splash-nr8ot 2 ай бұрын

Why do you keep reporting on so many Pakistan stories? We're not interested.

@oomeshdesai4414 2 ай бұрын

For those whom want to know

@heirapparent3433 2 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself

@Employer101 2 ай бұрын

@@heirapparent3433👌🏽

@ashishb 2 ай бұрын

Content is good but narration is pathetic

@syedamanat5583 2 ай бұрын

Instead reading working papers of other scholars can you tell me what is the problem with India in this project?

@Medleri 2 ай бұрын

No need to guess. India opposing any project bankrupting Pakistan for eg CPEC, military spending etc, makes Pakistan double down on it. Win win for India.

@tejesheconomics4072 2 ай бұрын

😂 He is reading his article…..and he has no power to research any documents from either Pakistan or China so he have to rely on scholars

@rajx7120 2 ай бұрын

What if Pakistan decides not to ever repay the debt? Would China impose sanctions on Pakistan? And how much money would China lose ?

@dineshpratapupadhyay6583 2 ай бұрын

Possibly, China would enter and take over land in lieu of unpaid loan. There is something called collateral.

@TamBramThankyouMam 2 ай бұрын

China is looking to colonize Pakistan. CPEC is the new East India company.

@ajmaeenmahtab8456 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@akbaralinarsi7887 2 ай бұрын

Akoo1934

@sareshaam1999 2 ай бұрын

once again biased analysis

@mshaikh4879 2 ай бұрын

There are no flaws in gwadar project and road leading towards that but for any portion of CPEC investment to give returns to chinese investors and give revenues to pakistan government they have to be on punjab sindh side of indus , where population is , trade is , writ of state is . Arab investors too like chinese investors should invest on this side of indus and on medium sized projects not mega projects . Sharifs have this tendency of encouraging stock markets by reducing interest rates and retard estate sector to make influential karachi business rivals happy where stocks concentrate , they have this tendency to encourage overseas investors to mega projects in baluchistan and kpk to make pathan.and baluch leaders happy and keep army busy in protecting foriegners . This is now failing and punjabi and sindhi profederation nationalistic parties are going to replace PPP , PMLN and PTI with increased.autonomy in constitution some trend which India post election is also heading towards . Gawadar port has opponents not only in form of USA but also arabs who fear china iran gathering here in taiwan war scenario . China will enter pakistan in taiwan war if its own ports are blocked . However the himalyan region of cpec will be india china trade route via kashmir and punjab once india china detente occurs , which is one main purpose of CPEC . It has not failed but chaos in politics via USA and khans of pakistan has dimmed CPEC . Baluchi sardars are not valuing it properly

@TamBramThankyouMam 2 ай бұрын

Why does India need to trade with China through Kashmir when we have a vast border on the East close to population centers such as Chengdu

@mshaikh4879 2 ай бұрын

@@TamBramThankyouMam ultimately north of India will trade once war mongers are gone ..

@mshaikh4879 2 ай бұрын

@lokkaisa Pakistan has been gripped by pathan afghan smuggling gangs whose activities are extremely wife in scope and Karachi rupee devaluation and electricity and energy circular debt fraud gang , these two have learnt to buy IMF experts ,buy newspapers , buy politicians and officials , they control about 8 trillion rupees or more portion of economy . Only merciless groups with jaws and teeth can render them out of business not simple minded army .. it is a pseudo crisis not real crises . Crisis of frauds

@user-rh5jp2sh4s 2 ай бұрын

Why this extreme focus on Pakistan?

@IqbalSingh-sh2pr 2 ай бұрын

to Know your neighborhood is doing

@IqbalSingh-sh2pr 2 ай бұрын

To know your neighborhood is doing

@user-rh5jp2sh4s 2 ай бұрын

@@IqbalSingh-sh2pr A bit obsessive

@bonaku20 2 ай бұрын

Praveen Swamy's is foreign affairs special correspondent. His job is to cover this topic. If a country want to see stable and safe future, one need to have not only a stable and safe country but also better control over situations in the neighborhood. It same like the way we buy our home. You not only choose a house and its internals that suits us but also see how the neighbors are and how good the neighborhood is.

@garygeorge-wi7co 2 ай бұрын

@@user-rh5jp2sh4s Indians are jealous of the progress pakistan is making.